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Ronaldo is a joker

Knew that corner was going to be dastardly as soon as Eboue went over. Clown of a human being.

Portugal are in trouble. As long as Ivory Coast don't get a man sent off they could well have them.

Gervinho ... woo hoo!

You just know this potentially great game is set to be ruined by a red card.

This is looking a great matchup. Shame these two are stuck in the same group as Brazil though. Inevitably going to lose one very good team.

Sweet Lord ...

You know Sven is the man.

Sven has got Ivory Coast ready for this

Why wouldn't he be? No idea, injury, mad manager. Even Maradona wouldn't be mad enough to not play Ronaldo, so I can't see anyone else doing it. I've just put me free fiver bet on them to win, you just don't know injuries in warm ups etc...tight contest so Portugal without the w***** would make it swing in Ivory coasts favour imo. No Drogba? Drogba starts on the bench, which is probably a smart move at this point.

Keep an eye out for Gervinho. Likely to do something unbelievable.

First outstanding game coming up.

No worries TT, and thanks. Sorry also for the over reaction to your post. It really is unfortunate that the vuvuzelas are making the world cup experience so bad for some. It will be quite ridiculous if after all the fears regarding things being ready on time and the competition running smoothly, that the vuvuzelas will be what spoils everything.

They still have a right to do what they want, though. Am I right? The World is watching though, why should a world wide audience have to have the tournament soundtracked by this innecessant drone? When you can confirm that "The World" is as bothered about the drone as you are than we will answer your question. Bearing in mind a good representation of "The World" are down there blasting those things themselves.

I thought his main problem was being absolutely woeful infront of goal and being weak as piss despite being 6ft 4? Which is why I say he would be better off playing just off of an Andy Carroll type, and not as a target striker who is relied upon for scoring the majority of the goals. We have plenty of strikers who don't score enough goals already though. I hear you ... however, if we don't have much money then I'm really not sure how we can really address that problem. Samaras would add more pace and technical ability to our forward line for sure, so I guess it would be more for the addition of those sorts of attributes more than anything. Maybe if we bought twenty strikers who score every once in a while it could work?

Arsenal every damn season with the beautiful kits. I'd be getting one every single time a new one came out if they always looked that good.

I thought his main problem was being absolutely woeful infront of goal and being weak as piss despite being 6ft 4? Which is why I say he would be better off playing just off of an Andy Carroll type, and not as a target striker who is relied upon for scoring the majority of the goals.

Samaras is extremely gifted, but incredibly inconsistent and sometimes the most frustrating guy ever - a sort of Berbatov lite! However, he's only just turned 25 earlier this year, and it may have very well been a maturation issue. Not sure we could get better value for £1 million, when you consider his attributes i.e. his prem experience, european experience, height, pace. The main problem with Samaras is people look at him and assume he should be a leading striker, but he actually is more of a second striker who is at his best when he has a bit of freedom to roam. Could be a lot more effective playing off an Andy Carroll type. Could be a shrewd move.

There is so much wrong with this post, but I can't even be bothered as your ignorance is so deeply rooted nothing I can say could ever go anyway to affecting it positively. However I will say this, yet again. All fans are blowing these things, and in the event that it was just the South Africans blowing them, what the hell does that have to do with the rest of Africa? You sicken me. Afterall the African Nations Cup has been shown live in the UKfor a good number of years now with no sight or sound of the vuvuzelas. Tell you what, having seen your true colors, I'm 100% for the vuvuzelas.

"they're meant to be embracing the world and they're not." Love the way you assume everyone hates them just like you do, and the South Africans have somehow taken it upon themselves to torture everyone else, despite the very fact your very own fans as well as all the others are blasting the hell out of these things. Are you just being silly or are you really this stupid?

Looking forward to the premier league season kicking off and they start going off because a bunch of England fans have brought them back. It will happen. Brought them back? You can buy them in Sainsbury's. Even better.

Looking forward to the premier league season kicking off and they start going off because a bunch of England fans have brought them back. It will happen.

This. Mention Spain and Gayfest begins. Oh and cant the BEEB and ITV get rid of the token pundits, Seedorf, Petit and Adebayor? Any banter on the panel goes straight over their heads and to be frank they are duller than an Ethiopian supper. Their just all way above the same ole predictable shit banter.

Shearer talking shit about passion and Eto'o sulking. They were poorly set out by the coach, and they're just not that good in general.

God Cameroon were embarrassment.